Do You Feel Mobile Plans Are Becoming Cheaper or More Expensive Relative to What You Get in 2022?

checkingthisout on 06/10/2022 - 23:19

Been doing a lot of research lately into prepaid and post paid plans bouncing around a lot between different providers trying different ones out, using Felix, Vodafone, Kogan, Moose, Optus, Gomo, Boost etc all in the span of a 6 months.

Seems either the Mbps has now started to be limited by Belong, or entirely limited in the case of Felix, or that Belong has removed $10 & $15 plans, Gomo is $15 starting, Amaysim now starts at $15 for only 4GB etc

I know there are players like Circles life, or Kogan, but without having to deal with constant sim shutting and deals…

Do you feel mobile plans are becoming cheaper or more expensive relative to what you get in 2022? ACCC believes they've become more expensive.

https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/australian-consumers-n…

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  • Neoika on 06/10/2022 - 23:28
    +4

    Belong has removed $10 & $15 plans

    5GB/$15/mth available from the 2nd month.

    Now with capped 1Mbps after run-out, which will make the data even cheaper to buy.

    • checkingthisout on 06/10/2022 - 23:38

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/684813

      Where do you see $15 plans? 1Mbps after, but now limited the network for MVNO's to a capped speed. Says in their PDF $15 plan: "Not available for new sign ups". Looking at the Telstra MVNO's seems Telstra is pushing for plans to be $20+ a month now. Seeing it at Belong, Mate, Woolworths, Boost etc

      • Mechz on 07/10/2022 - 00:23
        +1

        Inflation. Plus building out the 5G network is expensive, engineers cost more than ever to employ.

        Honestly, 20gb for $25 a month I think we get a pretty great service given how big the country is.

      • avoidfullprice on 07/10/2022 - 00:31
        +2

        Says in their PDF $15 plan: "Not available for new sign ups".

        So you join for a month, then next month swap to $15/mth.

        What Neoika said

        • checkingthisout on 07/10/2022 - 00:31

          Can't find that $15 at all on their site, seems to have been removed.

        • recycledrevenge on 07/10/2022 - 16:27

          Can confirm it is available for the second month. I switched to Belong last week, and if I go in to change my plan it gives me the option of the $15 plan.

  • original15 on 07/10/2022 - 00:44
    +1

    12m prepaid plans present as great value imo

    • checkingthisout on 07/10/2022 - 00:48
      +1

      I've been looking at these, seems the per GB price is same as if you purchased a plan normally a lot of time, unless it's on a heavy deal/discount. Woolworths Mobile 365 day plan, the starting one is $1.5/GB which in comparison is not actually a good deal. You can see per GB cost here roughly. https://www.finder.com.au/mobile-plans-2?optimizelyReferer=

  • hasher22 on 07/10/2022 - 02:37
    +1

    With the smaller resellers, cheaper. Big companies such as Telstra, Optus, voda etc…. More expensive.

    I tend to port every 6 months cause there are heaps good deals always going on with smaller guys.

    I don't use more than 20gb of data per month cause I work from home.

    I'm getting 25gb for $12.50 now with tpg.

    Previously was with circles life, was on 50gb for $15 and previously before that was with circles life again on another promo something like $17 for 40gb.

    Always shop around.

    • checkingthisout on 07/10/2022 - 08:57

      Watch out for the exit fee with TPG, when you port out they charge you.

      Definitely noticing the Telstra, Optus, Vodafone have kept their rates up or increased them. Hmm

      That's the thing you have to goto the MVNO now, but the MVNO's are being purchased by the Telcos themselves, such as Amaysim being purchased by Optus, who immediately raised prices, and then Belong did inline.

      25Gb for $12.50 is ok, around $0.50/GB is alright, looking around the world, $0.10/GB is pretty common, here, it seems the telcos think $1/GB+ is cheap.

  • GordonD on 07/10/2022 - 09:03
    +1

    At least when it comes to what's available in the 5G area, its currently changing so fast its confusing.

    I was on Spintel. I switched to Vodafone. And within months I found a new deal with Woolworths Mobile that suited me better. Before the end
    of the first month Belong was offering a still better new deal that is very tempting. They may not be what other people want, but they are for me.

    • checkingthisout on 07/10/2022 - 09:12
      +1

      Yeah I am dealing atm, using free offers where available, ESIM etc, just because the prices some of these telcos want, I can't think there are many people happily paying $69, $89 or more a month just for data on their phone. Would have thought the average buyer is in the $10-$25 or under category.

      • GordonD on 07/10/2022 - 09:24

        What's changing the 5G picture at a dizzying rate at the moment is that now everyone is offering it, rather than it being a premium product that only the carriers offered under their own brand name.

        • checkingthisout on 07/10/2022 - 09:30
          +1

          Yeah ESIM and 5G rolling out to other players, but I am seeing Telstra started limiting 4G to 100Mbps and 5G to 250Mbps to MVNO's. To distance their Telstra branded 4G/5G with Telstra wholesale. Limited speeds, 28 days instead of 30days, but raised wholesale prices, Typical dodgy monopoly tier telco stuff.

          5G is OK, ping is the same, speeds slightly higher, but if the data costs more, what's the point? The throughput of 5G is supposed to be perfect for speed limited unlimited data plans, such as Felix.

          • jv on 07/10/2022 - 14:43
            +1

            @checkingthisout:

            Typical dodgy monopoly tier telco stuff.

            They are not a monopoly anymore.

  • Caped Baldy on 07/10/2022 - 12:35

    Looked into Woolies mobile, boost, or Coles? They have year long plans

    • checkingthisout on 07/10/2022 - 18:18

      Yes those plans are per GB more expensive than standard plans, and you pay upfront. They're not really a 'DEAL' for anyone other than the Telcos, full upfront payment for more than $1.5/GB is not cheap.

      • Caped Baldy on 07/10/2022 - 21:40

        Depends if you end up using it. Woolies is good for the 10% off once a month.

  • apple2016 on 07/10/2022 - 14:53
    +1

    More expensive

  • koplik8 on 08/10/2022 - 22:14

    I got to that point, years ago, that I was paying $69 a month for 1.5GB. Every two years it was going up and up. I've mystery shopped the big three Telcos and to get a decent Samsung or iPhone plan now days is at least $120 a month. That's crazy amount of money.

    I ended up switching to prepaid and saved $600 in my first year by keeping my phone. Then I bounched around every few months and landed with Telechoice for $28 a month. The best deal I landed was Jeenee for $9.90 a month for 1GB. I use wifi at home. They got bought out by Vaya and they honoured the plan price and now I get 4GB. I think $10 a month is plenty. A few people at work signed up to the same plan. If Telcos can give you unlimited talk and text for under $10 a month it shows the big Telcos are ripping you off!

    • checkingthisout on 08/10/2022 - 22:39
      +1

      Exactly, you gotta bounce around now to get a deal, and the main 2 are buying out MVNO's or making their own to collapse that market and bring prices up.

      Feels like lately, since Optus has purchased Amaysim & has Gomo, and Telstra has pushed Boost/Belong, that the prices have gone up, at least now $15 is their base line. No longer $10.

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